‘Dangerous’ smart motorways ‘regularly fail to work properly and put drivers at risk of DEATH’, investigation finds
BRIT drivers have been warned over ignoring a common road sign on smart motorways - which over 50,000 such incidents recorded since 2021.
Meera Naran, whose eight-year-old son Dev died in a smart motorway crash on the M6 near Birmingham in May 2018, said: “In an emergency, every second counts.Nicholas Lyes, IAM RoadSmart director of policy and standards “The majority of drivers have serious reservations about the safety of smart motorways where the hard shoulder has been removed, and these figures are unlikely to persuade them they are safe.
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